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Its hard to believe that whilst the stand was being built along the Park Road side of the ground, the terracing remained open. How well planned was that! It wouldnt be allowed today but back then it meant we could still have 30,000+ crowds for the end of season run in games.
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Over 43,000 on Good Friday for the draw with Boro. There are some good photos of the Fulham match (showing two of the goals) with the half built stand in the background.
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I had always wondered how they built the stand entirely during the closed season in 1969. Now I realise they didn't. I was standing on that side of the ground for that match against Boro in 1969 and in my memory I've always pictured standing at the front under a roof. I now realise my mermory wasn't playing tricks!
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68/9 was my first Palace season; I watched half a dozen games, all bar one from the terracing on that side of the ground, so the Wait stand grew around that position.
When did it start being built? I had a gap in attendance between the abandoned Blackpool match, where I don't think it had been started, to the Boro match when it was well underway. |
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By the Fulham game the shell was up and if not all, most of the roof was on and there was a plywood fence roughly where the wall was to be built beweeen the seated part of the stand and the standing enclosure. Again if I recall correctly the 68/69 version of the HF moved from the Holmesdale to under the newley installed roof, or part of the roof for the Cardiff home match. They were in the promotion hunt, but we tore them to pieces with Roger Hoy having a fantastc game. I am positive it was that game, although the previous weeks game when we beat Hull 2-0 after the long break due to the bad weather is a bit hazy and it could have been that game?
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Attached are two pics, Palace v Charlton 31st August 1968 and v Blackpool, the abandoned game of 28th December. The former showing little work if any having started on the Park Road side and the latter showing the beginnings of the framework of the stand with the crane in the background and spectators standing underneath!! |
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My first season ticket was in the terrace of the AW stand at the exhorbitant fee of £2 18s 4d !!!!!!!!!!
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Finally got off my backside and located the technical drawings for the Arthur thanks to Kevlyons72’s PM. Interesting indeed!
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Wow, just Wow.
Don't ever lose those, what a brilliant bit of Palace history that is associated to your family. Brilliant! I haven't watched a game from that stand in probably 10+ years (last time probably Wimbledon 'away') but I always remember the mens toilets being down some stairs and always puddles on the floor!
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The Arthur bogs in full technical splendour!
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There’s an awful lot of technical drawings, with calculations for loadings etc....quite useful for the Club if they are intending on refurbishing the structure; although I expect they have these drawings themselves.
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That's them!
Don't assume the club have them, there has been numerous changes of owners and even just club offices since then. They could be useful when they look to take down the gantry and put new floodlights on the AW roof, plus long term they are thinking about improving the concourse
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agree. on top of the seats, pillars and roof it needs a new Concourse, entrance, facilities and be steeper. Apart from that it's great.
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Classic stand. How I wish the standing at the front would be returned.
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Had some good times standing at the back with Arron, Brummie and Philsick..
Needs a makeover
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